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Bill Belichick Explains Origins of ‘Omaha’ Call Peyton Manning Made Famous

Peyton, Eli and Bill Belichick on the Week 12 ManningCast. | @OmahaProd

Omaha, founded in 1854, is the biggest city in Nebraska. Many years later it became a word that Peyton Manning would shout at the line of scrimmage during professional football games.

Until tonight, we had no idea why, but now the world knows that it was something Bill Belichick apparently came up with. During the Week 12 edition of the ManningCast, Eli Manning asked Belichick where it came from because when he was drafted the Giants already had a play called Omaha in their playbook and he had heard that Tom Brady had used the call long before his big brother made it famous.

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